Veeco Gets Orders For MOCVD Systems from Two Companies
Source/Type: News - Staff reports

Author: CompoundSemi News Staff

July 19, 2010... Veeco of Plainview, New York USA, reports that Arima Optoelectronics Corporation of Taiwan has ordered multiple MOCVD systems. Veeco also announced that it has received an order from Neo Neon for its MOCVD system. Specifically Arima ordered several TurboDisc(R) K465i Gallium Nitride (GaN) and E475 Arsenic Phosphide (As/P) Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD) Systems. Both MOCVD systems for Arima are for high-volume production of high-brightness LEDs. The E475 systems will be used to produce red, orange, and yellow LEDs. All of the LEDs will go towards TV and display backlighting.

Marco Kuo, President of Arima Optoelectronics, said, "Most of the systems will be installed in Shanxi Province, Northern China, where we have entered into an agreement with the local government to form a new joint venture company to manufacture LEDs for backlight applications."

Neo Neon's order is for its first Veeco TurboDisc(R) K465i MOCVD system to support its LED manufacturing capacity ramp at its JiangMen, China factory. Veeco received the order during the recently completed second quarter. Dr. Jurgen Yeh, Chief Technology Officer, commented, "Neo-Neon plans to expand our LED wafer output seven-fold over the next three years. We have decided to include Veeco's K465i MOCVD system in our plans due to its proven high productivity as well as the recent uniformity and repeatability advances that Veeco has achieved. " To fund its expansion, Neo-Neon has recently raised NT$2.06 billion (U.S. $64 million) through a share issuance in Taiwan.

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